Monday, January 21, 2013

Obama and the Beast

President Obama got through the inaugural parade without being attacked, but his Cadillac limousine and his bodyguards were ready for anything.Check out this graphic of the limo, known as "the Beast."http://www.mcclatchydc.com/static/graphics/limo_inaug.swfIt has shotguns readily at hand and armor plating 8" thick on the doors.Rumors say that blood of the President's type is stored in the trunk.His Secret Service agents were tense as he and the First Lady got out of the tank, then walked and waved to the crowds. I was pretty nervous too, thinking of snipers in windows of buildings they walked past. Please, God, protect him. Give wisdom to those around him. May he have four more years of service without any assassination attempts. (Thanks to John Arthur for the tip on this graphic.)

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In memory of Martha Puebla & In honor of Maria Riveros

On a spring night in 2003, Martha Puebla, age 16, was shot in the face while sitting outside her home in Sun Valley, California, near Los Angeles. Her death was ordered by a gang member on trial for a murder she had witnessed.

On July 13, 2008, in San Ignacio, Paraguay, Maria Riveros took her pregnant 16-year-old daughter to the home of an obstetrician and asked her to perform an abortion. The fetus of about 4 mo. was buried outside the home, but there were complications and the next day Maria had to rush her daughter to a hospital, where a hysterectomy was performed. The obstetrician and her daughter, a nurse, were arrested and charged with performing an abortion.

This blog is dedicated to Martha, Maria and all women who courageously negotiate their lives in this world filled with gang warfare and international warfare, poverty and wealth, drug trafficking and addiction, and lack of access to birth control, legal abortion, and other health care.